'66 Charger. Starts up, immediately dies. Won't start again.

[Don Frelier]

Way rich but you stated earlier that the choke was closed so we can't say much about the carb itself.

 

[jmbass98]

Sounds like, since choke was shut closed before and transfer slots were wide open under throttle blades, carb was flooding hard. So after the initial rough 2-3 minutes idle, it was causing car not to start again.

Now that the carb is properly adjusted except for choke. No choke + fouled plugs is cranking and kicking, but not starting.

Does that sound about right? Just making sure I learn something out of all this.

 

[Don Frelier]

That's what I'm thinking.

 

[khryslerkid]

Car will kick and kick and kick but it won't start... Occasionally get a loud "pop" from the carburetor when cranking.

That's a bad condenser.

 

[Maxrat]

You said it pops when trying to start it. Your timing is way off. I don't care what the carb is doing. Until you get your timing corrected, you'll be scratching your head with carb issues for the rest of your life -- and that will never fix it. Go back to ensuring correct firing order and timing. How about pictures of the distributor and carb?

 

[myfeather626]

Shaking is usually due to "not firing on all 8".
Check your firing order.
1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 counter clockwise.
Put the balancer at 10 degrees before top dead center and check were the rotor is pointed.
If it's opposite cylinder 1 then you need to rotate the crank one more revolution.

If that checks out then I would start pulling plugs.
You may just have a few fouled flooded plugs.

Could be firing Order however check the Regulat just for the he’ll of it?

 

[myfeather626]

That's a bad condenser.

Maybe the distributor is 180 off?